stix

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of sticks (“rural area”).
   alt-of, alternative, informal, plural, plural-only
2. Alternative spelling of Styx.
   alt-of, alternative

Examples

“How many of you folks out in the stix, who supply⟳ the very life's blood of the organization, would favor selection of convention cities in the same carefree manner that a millionaire chooses his annual destination to the sunny climes of the southland?”

“She'd carry⟳ a bottle of nail glue with her and the dope that goes over — gold in this case. They're transparent, you put⟳ the gold over or any other color. It's a Hollywood prop being copied in the stix, like⟳ false eyelashes.”

“The Commercial Hotel, incidentally, wasn't in Reno or Las Vegas, but way out in the stix in Elko.”

“Citrus juice, bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich, cheese stix — 2 one ounce stix, plums, milk.”

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